diff --git a/backends/taskbar/win32/win32-taskbar.cpp b/backends/taskbar/win32/win32-taskbar.cpp
index b1afdf6dee9..046ddb1cd0b 100644
--- a/backends/taskbar/win32/win32-taskbar.cpp
+++ b/backends/taskbar/win32/win32-taskbar.cpp
@@ -317,6 +317,15 @@ void Win32TaskbarManager::addRecent(const Common::String &name, const Common::St
 	}
 }
 
+void Win32TaskbarManager::notifyError() {
+	setProgressState(Common::TaskbarManager::kTaskbarError);
+	setProgressValue(1, 1);
+}
+
+void Win32TaskbarManager::clearError() {
+	setProgressState(kTaskbarNoProgress);
+}
+
 Common::String Win32TaskbarManager::getIconPath(Common::String target) {
 	// We first try to look for a iconspath configuration variable then
 	// fallback to the extra path
diff --git a/backends/taskbar/win32/win32-taskbar.h b/backends/taskbar/win32/win32-taskbar.h
index d005b0fea88..36415c1c577 100644
--- a/backends/taskbar/win32/win32-taskbar.h
+++ b/backends/taskbar/win32/win32-taskbar.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ public:
 	virtual void setProgressState(TaskbarProgressState state);
 	virtual void setCount(int count);
 	virtual void addRecent(const Common::String &name, const Common::String &description);
+	virtual void notifyError();
+	virtual void clearError();
 
 private:
 	ITaskbarList3 *_taskbar;